During second grade when we started learning to divide numbers in math class, I remember not knowing that I was confused. To me on that first day of doing division, the division symbol ÷ looked like a poorly printed plus + sign. Figuring the printing ink got messed up, I just added up the numbers […]

Whether you’re having a conversation with a friend or spending time with a date or life partner, how you interact with them can help them feel safe. Or not. You have a big impact in creating the conditions where it feels safe for them to let down their normal reserve – the emotional armor – […]

We experience the presence or lack of emotional safety in physical, emotional and mental ways. Both feeling safe and not feeling safe can be intense, and powerful because they are felt in so many different dimensions at once. When you don’t feel safe with someone, it’s important to assess the severity of the situation, the […]